# Portrait of a Man \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on oak panel ## Commentary Portrait of a Man \(detail\) c. 1530 Oil on oak panel National Gallery of Art, Washington Artfully arranged on the desk before the sitter are a shaker of talc or sand for blotting the ink as he writes, a round, flat box, scissors, a small portable case for writing implements, a pile of coins, a balance with a 'dobla excelente' coin on the triangular scale and a square weight on the round scale at right, a penknife, a book with a brown leather cover closed with a stylus, and an inkstand with four writing quills, red sealing wax, and a roll of paper. The man writes on a loose quire in front of him while holding his place in his bound notebook. ## Related artworks - [A Grotesque with Two Sirens]() - [A Man Holding a Glove]() - [A Reliquary]() - [A Women's Bath]() - [Adam Accuses Eve before God]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()